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Noun edge has 6 senses
- edge, border - the boundary of a surface
--1 is a kind of boundary, bound, bounds
--1 has particulars: brink; limb
- edge - a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object; "he rounded the edges of the box"
--2 is a kind of side
--2 has particulars:
- boundary, edge, bound - a line determining the limits of an area
--3 is a kind of line
--3 has particulars:
- edge, sharpness - the attribute of urgency; "his voice had an edge to it"
--4 is a kind of urgency
- edge - a slight competitive advantage; "he had an edge on the competition"
--5 is a kind of superiority, favorable position, favourable position
- edge, margin - a strip near the boundary of an object; "he jotted a note on the margin of the page"
--6 is a kind of strip, slip
--6 has particulars:
Verb edge has 4 senses
- edge, inch - advance slowly, as if by inches; "He edged towards the car"
--1 is one way to advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
- border, edge - provide with a border or edge; "edge the tablecloth with embroidery"
--2 is one way to supply, provide, render, furnish
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on - lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland"
--3 is one way to touch, adjoin, meet, contact
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- edge - provide with an edge; "edge a blade"
--4 is one way to sharpen
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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